Ralph John Newton
Died 27 Aug 1915
- Service number
- WWI 11/1048 AWMM
- Also known as
- Mick AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Trooper AWMM Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Ralph John AWMM
- Surname
- Newton AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Mick AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 11/1048 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- Hunterville, Rangitikei, New Zealand AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Stanley Road, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Mrs Annie Margaret Newton (mother), Muriwai, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 11/1048 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Aparima AWMM Trooper AWMM Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Trooper AWMM
Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Ralph John and Annie Margaret Newton of Childers Road, Gisborne.
The letters written by Trooper Newton include reference to the voyage on board SS Aparima in February 1915. Also mentions food: porridge, steak, stew, potatoes, bread, nak, butter, pickles roast beef, cabbage, rice and plum duff, mince, spuds, rhubarb, tripe. On board were horses which Newton fed and watered, mucked out the stables, fed hay and feed to 480 horses. Groomed, washed them with salt water and exercised them, buried horses at sea. Mentions the Mess, the captain, the parson, church service, Albany (Western Australia). Average speed of ship was 10 miles an hour. Rain gathered in buckets on deck. Asked for books or magazines, socks, censorship, seasickness.
He included the following riddle which he copied from a notice in the Mess: 'The pickles for Monday's tea were kept for the cold meat on Tuesday, but Tuesday's cold meat was eaten on Monday so the pickles were kept for Thursday which was a jam day. Thursday's jam was served out on Wednesday so the tea for Friday was bread and butter. By the same reasoning find out how much cake would be consumed per man at Saturday's tea if Sunday's cheese was consumed along with Wednesday's pickles and Friday's jam was mixed with the porridge on Thursday's breakfast.'
Newton describes seeing the Emden that ran ashore off Keeling Island as a result of the attack by the HMS Sydney and included a drawing of the funnels. Described flying fish, dolphins, crossing the line, funeral of one of the soldiers on board Warrimmo. Also the funeral of a soldier on board Tahiti in March 1915 in the vicinity of Colombo.
Next of Kin: Mrs A. M. Newton, Te Kapara, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 27 Aug 1915 AWMM
- Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- To-day's' list of killed in action contains the name of Trooper R. J. Newton - (Wellington Mounted Rifles), who left Gisborne with the Third Reinforcements. He was a son of Mrs A. M. Newton, of Muriwai.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 May 2023 - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLII, ISSUE 13796, 23 SEPTEMBER 1915, PAGE 4
- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Hill 60 Cemetery, Turkey AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21380203
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1739298/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1739298
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 538 - Armoury Cenotaph File
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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